ROLL CALL!! Oct 22, 2007

okay. I'm at 161. I have 6 more pounds to loose to reach the halloween goal. I'm going to work extra hard to get if off. Now, he answer to this weeks questions. I decided to have WLS because I was on 8 medications. 3 for blood pressure, 3 for diabetes and 1 for cholesterol. Being a nurse and having worked in dialysis, I knew the odds for me and my health and did not want to face life with dialysis a stroke or a heart attack. I have five precious grandchildren and I knew if I did not do something I was going to die at a young age. Also had started to feel really tired, pain in my back and hips, numbness in my lower extremities. I am so glad I had this surgery and wish I had done it long before now.

My reason was my sister who was only 41 died in Feb, and for me that was it.. She was overweight and got a cold.. a simple cold, that turned into more, and her lungs got infected , went into a coma and a few days later she passed. I have 6 grandbabies and wanted to live for them a long time.. That was my breaking point. I would do it again, and sooner and tell her to do if I got a do over. I feel that I was given a second chance and wish that she could of had one too. Cynthia

Hi Lea sorry I havent posted but I justed started a new job. So here goes my weight today is 182 pounds but I am just getting rid of my friend. so maybe I will lose more. I think my halloween weight was 185 so I have met my goal. What made me make the decesion to have the surgery was because of my childern, I want to be healthly to be around for them. I would do it again in a heart beat. I want my new years goal to be 170.